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Vedang Raina (born 2 June 2000) is an Indian actor who works in
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films. He made his acting debut as
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in
Zoya Akhtar Zoya Akhtar (born 14 October 1972) is an Indian director, producer and screenwriter who works in Hindi films and series. Born to Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani, she completed a diploma in filmmaking from New York University, NYU and assisted dire ...
's musical teen film ''The Archies'' (2023), and has since starred in the action thriller ''
Jigra ''Jigra'' () is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Vasan Bala, who also co-wrote it with Debashish Irengbam. Produced by Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta, Alia Bhatt, Shaheen Bhatt and Soumen Mishra under Viacom18 Studios ...
'' (2024). He has also sung four of his film songs.


Early life

Vedang Raina was born on 2 June 2000 in
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into a Kashmiri family and grew up in
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. He completed his schooling from Jamnabai Narsee School in
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and subsequently pursued his bachelor's degree from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (SVKM's NMIMS) in
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. He started out small with college fests and events, enjoying the time he spent on stage. Raina developed an interest in music and played the guitar years before he had thought about acting. Towards the end of his college years, he decided to venture into modelling and music. He subsequently joined an acting agency to pursue it as a career.


Career

After modelling for several brands, Raina was scouted by
Zoya Akhtar Zoya Akhtar (born 14 October 1972) is an Indian director, producer and screenwriter who works in Hindi films and series. Born to Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani, she completed a diploma in filmmaking from New York University, NYU and assisted dire ...
for ''
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'' in 2021. Raina claimed that he had not thought about acting until that point. He was officially announced to be playing the role of
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in May 2022. It was released on
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in 2023. Udita Jhunjhunwala of Scroll.in wrote that he "brings the right amount of swag to the rakish Reggie". Raina starred alongside
Alia Bhatt Alia Bhatt (; born 15 March 1993) is a British actress of Indian descent who predominantly works in Hindi films. Known for Alia Bhatt filmography, her portrayals of women in challenging circumstances, she has received List of awards and nomin ...
in
Vasan Bala Vasan Bala is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his work in Hindi cinema. He wrote the scripts for the period crime drama ''Bombay Velvet'' (2015) and the psychological thriller '' Raman Raghav 2.0'' (2016). Bala made his direc ...
's action thriller ''
Jigra ''Jigra'' () is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Vasan Bala, who also co-wrote it with Debashish Irengbam. Produced by Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta, Alia Bhatt, Shaheen Bhatt and Soumen Mishra under Viacom18 Studios ...
'' (2024), in which he played the younger brother of Bhatt's character, who is imprisoned in South East Asia.
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's Kriti Tulsiani thought that Raina made the most of his minimal screen time but was ultimately overshadowed by Bhatt. However, she praised the chemistry between the two. It emerged as a
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.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Raina, Vedang 2000 births Living people Kashmiri people Male actors from Mumbai Male actors from New Delhi 21st-century Indian male actors Kashmiri male actors